Healthy, Neck Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Neck pain, Kinematics
Brief summary
This study sets out to investigate the potential effect of auditory disturbances on human movement
Detailed description
Clinicians routinely investigate/test human movement but if/how this is effect by auditory disturbances is unclear. This study sets out to investigate the impact of auditory disturbances on head movements.
Interventions
A sound will be played from a portable device (smartphone) during movement
Sponsors
Aalborg University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Control group: Inclusion Criteria (Control): * Able to speak, read and understand Danish/English
Exclusion criteria
(Control): * Pain from the neck or shoulder area during the past 6 months * Experience of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) during the week leading up to the test session * Former surgery in neck or shoulder * Current or previous chronic or recurrent pain condition that could affect the results * Pregnancy * Drug addiction defined as the use of cannabis, opioids or other drugs * Previous neurologic, musculoskeletal or mental illnesses that could affect the results * Regular use of analgesics * Abnormally disrupted sleep in the last 24 hours preceding the experiment * Lack of ability to cooperate Neck pain group: Inclusion Criteria (Neck Pain): * Idiopathic neck pain * Able to speak, read and understand Danish/English * Reduced/painful active range of motion of the head and/or painful reaction to palpation of the neck at the time of inclusion
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Range of motion | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | Range of motion will be assessed during head rotations (i.e. moving the head from a neutral position to end of range in rotation before returning to the start position) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of head movement | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | Quality of movement (smoothness) will be determined using calculations of jerk variance (Jerk is the time derivative of acceleration which will be measures using an inertial measurement unit. The measure will be converted to a unitless measure where higher values indicates less smooth movements), assessed during head rotations (i.e. moving the head from a neutral position to end of range in rotation before returning to the start position). |
| Head repositioning accuracy | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | Head repositioning accuracy will be assessed as the error between the starting point and the end point following a head rotation (i.e. moving the head from a neutral position to end of range in rotation before returning to the start position) and will be repressed in degrees. |
| Perceived stiffness during movement | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | Participants will rate their perceived stiffness during head movement using a 0-100 numerical rating scale, where 0 = no stiffness and 100 = worst stiffness imaginable. |
| Perceived difficultness of performing movement | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | Participants will rate the Perceived difficultness of performing head movements using a 6-point Likert scale going from 0 = no problems, 1 = minimally difficult; 2 = somewhat difficult; 3 = fairly difficult; 4 = very difficult; 5 = unable to perform |
| Perceived neck pain intensity | During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | Participants will rate ant potential pain during the session using a 0-11 numeric rating scale (NRS) with 0 = no pain and 10 = worst imaginable pain |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perceived area of neck pain | At the beginning of the single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | Participants will draw the area of perceived neck pain on a body chart |
| Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire-physical activity subscale (FABQpa) | Time Frame: At the beginning of the single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | The FABQpa subscale consists of 4 items which are used to assess the participants beliefs on how physical activity can affect their pain. The items are scored on a 7-point scale with 0 = Completely disagree and 6 = Completely agree. Score ranges from 0-24 with a higher score indicating higher fear avoidance beliefs with regards to physical activity |
| Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK-11) | At the beginning of the single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | The TSK-11 questionnaire consists of 11 items which is answered using a 4-point scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = agree, 4 = strongly agree). Score can range from 11 to 44 and a higher score indicated a greater kinesiophobia |
| Neck Disability Index (NDI) | At the beginning of the single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1 | The NDI questionnaire consists of 10 items (Domains: pain intensity, personal care, lifting, reading, headache, concentration, work, driving, sleeping, recreation) used to assess how neck pain affects your ability to manage everyday activities. Each item is score on a scale from 0-5 with a higher total score = high level of disability |
Countries
Denmark
Contacts
Primary ContactSteffan WM Christensen, PhD
Outcome results
None listed